Table 4.

Comparison of Sociodemographic and Clinical Characteristics between Remission and Non-Remission Groups of Panic Disorder Patients after Completion of the MBCT Program (n=48)

MBCT, Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy; SD, standard deviation; PDSS, Panic Disorder Severity Scale; ASI-R, Anxiety Sensitivity Inventory-Revised; HAM-D, Hamilton Depression Rating Scale; HAM-A, Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale.

^*χ² statistics with continuity correction were used to analyze frequencies and t tests were used to test mean differences.

^†Fisher's exact test.

^‡Mann-Whitney U test, z-score value for variables without normal distribution.

^§Reduction in PDSS score after eight weeks of MBCT=[(baseline PDSS score-PDSS score at eight weeks)/baseline PDSS score]×100 (%).

^∥Reduction in ASI-R score after eight weeks of MBCT=[(baseline ASI-R score-ASI-R score at eight weeks)/baseline ASI-R score]×100 (%).